Sandilya (Rishi) ... One of the rishis was the progenitor of the ÅšÄṇá¸ilya gotra. The name was derived from the Sanskrit words Å›aṇ, full and dilam, the moon, with the derivative ya added, meaning the one of the full moon, thereby implying a priest or a descendant of the Moon God.
Shandilya (IAST: Śāṇḍilya, Sanskrit: शाण्डिल्य) was the name of a prominent rishi. ... The name was derived from the Sanskrit words śaṇ, full and dilam, the moon, with the derivative ya added, meaning the one of the full moon, thereby implying a priest or of the Moon God.
